Sárospatak

Coordinates: 48°19′08″N 21°33′59″E / 48.31897°N 21.56636°E / 48.31897; 21.56636
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See also: Saros (disambiguation) and Patak (disambiguation)
Sárospatak
Town
Sárospatak Castle
Sárospatak Castle
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
3950
Area code(+36) 47
Websitesarospatak.hu

Sárospatak (

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, northern Hungary. It lies 70 kilometres (43 miles) northeast from Miskolc, in the Bodrog
river valley. The town, often called simply Patak, is a cultural centre, a historical town and a popular tourist destination.

History

World War I memorial

The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Sárospatak was granted town status in 1201 by

King Emeric. In the Middle Ages it was an important place due to its proximity to an important trade route leading to Poland
.

Castle of Sárospatak

13th century

Its castle, built by

Saint Elizabeth
.

15th and 16th centuries

Sárospatak was elevated to the rank of

King Matthias it received the right to hold a market. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it was owned by the Pálóczi (Pálóczy) family, until baron Antal Pálóczi was killed at the first Battle of Mohács
in 1526, which precipitated a conflict between the family of his widow, born of the Perényi family, and the Pálóczi-related Dobó family. The Perényi family gained control of the castle, and it was in their possession until 1602, when it passed to the Dobó family.

17th and 18th centuries

Habsburg rule led by Francis II Rákóczi
between 1703 and 1711.

College of Sárospatak

The

Czech educator John Amos Comenius to Sárospatak. Comenius lived there until 1654, as a professor of the college, and he wrote some of his most important works there. The college (since 2000 a faculty of the University of Miskolc
) now bears his name.

Hutterite community

In 1631

Johannes Grueber forced them to recatholisation.[4]

The Jewish community

Jews began to settle in the area in the first half of the 18th century. the Jewish community organized in the late 18th century. They had a rabbi and a

jewish school, a yeshiva
, and a "Talmud Torah".

In 1930, 1,096 Jews lived there and in 1944 there were 910 Jews.

In 1939, four Jewish families who did not have Hungarian citizenship were deported across the border. After the outbreak of World War II, wealthy Jews and members of the community administration were arrested and imprisoned in a concentration camp. In 1940, Jews were forbidden to sell wine and tobacco and to own radios.

From 1941, Sárospatak served as a center for forced labour within the Hungarian army. The recruited young Jews were mostly sent to Ukraine and some were employed in the construction of a nearby airport.

On April 15, 1944, a few weeks after the German army entered Hungary, a temporary ghetto was established in the city's Jewish school building where the wealthy among the local Jews were tortured to extort confessions about burying property. A few days later, they were transferred by train to the

Auschwitz extermination camp.[5]

Climate

Climate data for Sárospatak
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °F 26.1 29.8 39.7 50.4 60.4 65.3 69.6 68.0 60.6 50.4 39.0 31.1 49.3
Daily mean °C −3.3 −1.2 4.3 10.2 15.8 18.5 20.9 20.0 15.9 10.2 3.9 −0.5 9.6
Source: [6][circular reference]

Sights

Hungarian Forint
banknote
  • Castle of Sárospatak (with Renaissance tower)
  • Art Gallery of Sárospatak

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Sárospatak and Category:People from Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County

13th to 16th C.

17th C.

18th C.

  • András Fáy (1786 – 1864) a Hungarian author, lawyer, politician and businessman.[13]
  • Ján Chalupka (1791-1871) a Slovak dramatist, playwright, publicist and Evangelical pastor.

19th C.

  • Lajos Kossuth (1802 – 1894) a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician and statesman.[14]
  • János Erdélyi (1814 in Nagykapos – 1868 in Sárospatak) a Hungarian poet, critic, author, philosopher and ethnographist.[15]
  • Frigyes Ákos Hazslinszky (1818 – Eperjes, 1896) a Hungarian mycologist and botanist.
  • Mihály Tompa (1819 – 1868), a Hungarian lyric poet, Calvinist minister and scientist.[16]
  • Miklós Izsó (1831, Izsófalva, Hungary - 1875, Budapest) a Hungarian sculptor

20th C.

  • Ferenc Berényi (Dévaványa, 1927 – Budapest, 2004) a Hungarian painter.
  • Imre Makovecz (1935 in Budapest – 2011 in Budapest) a Hungarian architect

Trivia

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Sárospatak is twinned with:[17]

References

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  2. ^ [Vințu de Jos]
  3. ^ "Kutatási jelentés".
  4. ^ "A habánok nyomában Sárospatakon". 25 September 2014.
  5. ^ The jewish community in Sárospatak On the website of the Museum of the Jewish People
  6. ^ "Sárospatak". Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Elizabeth, Saint" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 287.
  8. ^ Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Ladislaus IV." . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). pp. 59–60.
  9. ^ Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Balassa, Bálint" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). p. 240.
  10. ^ "Comenius, Johann Amos" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 759.
  11. ^ Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Rákóczy" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). pp. 867–869, see page 868, para 2. George II., prince of Transylvania (1621–1660)....
  12. ^ Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Rákóczy" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). pp. 867–869, see page 868, para 4. Francis II., prince of Transylvania (1676–1735)....
  13. ^ "Fáy, András" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 218.
  14. Headlam, James Wycliffe (1911). "Kossuth, Lajos" . Encyclopædia Britannica
    . Vol. 15 (11th ed.). pp. 916–918.
  15. ^ "Erdélyi, János" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 734.
  16. ^ "Tompa, Mihály" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 1063.
  17. ^ "Testvérvárosok". sarospatak.hu (in Hungarian). Sárospatak. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Sárospatak Bártfa testvérvárosa lett". sarospatak.hu (in Hungarian). Sárospatak. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  19. ^ "Testvérvárosi szerződést kötött Sárospatak és Jindrichuv Hradec". sarospatak.hu (in Hungarian). Sárospatak. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

External links

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